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Siemowit
Siemowit (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛˈmɔvit], also Ziemowit [ʑɛˈmɔvit]) was, according to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus, the son of Piast the Wheelwright and Rzepicha. He is considered to be the first ruler of the Piast dynasty.
Piast the Wheelwright
The legendary ancestor of the Piast dynasty
Lech, Czech, and Rus
3 legendary brothers, each the mythical founder of the 3 Slavic peoples (Poles, Czechs, and the Rus'), appearing in the Wielkopolska Chronicle
Princess Wanda
daughter of Krakus, legendary founder of Kraków; upon her father's death, she became queen of the Poles, but committed suicide to avoid an unwanted marriage to a German
Krakus
Krakus, Krak or Grakch was a legendary Polish prince, ruler of the Vistulans (a Lechitic tribe), and the presumed founder of Kraków. Krakus is also credited with building Wawel Castle and slaying the Wawel Dragon by feeding it a dead sheep full of sulfur. The latter is how Krak the cobbler became Krakus the prince, and later king. The first recorded mention of Krakus, then spelled Grakch, is in the Chronica seu originale regum et principum Poloniae from 1190.
Popiel
thumb|Prince Popiel thumb|The Mouse Tower in Kruszwica, constructed in 1350, incorrectly associated with Popiel Prince Popiel ІІ was a legendary 9th-century ruler of two proto-Polish tribes, the Goplans and West Polans. He was the last member of the Popielids, a legendary dynasty before the Piasts. According to the chroniclers Gallus Anonymus, Jan Długosz, and Marcin Kromer, as a consequence of his bad rule he was deposed, besieged by his subjects, and eaten alive by mice in a tower in Kruszwica.
Bolesław the Forgotten
Duke of Poland
Chościsko
Chościsko () is a legendary figure in Polish prehistory, father of Piast the Wheelwright, the founder of the Piast dynasty. His name occurs in the first Polish chronicle, Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum by Gallus Anonymus, where the author refers three times to Piast as the son of Chościsko.
Lech II
legendary ruler of Poland
Saul Wahl
Legendary Polish king
Rzepicha
thumb|Piast and Rzepicha (Polish rulers) in Poznań (by Czesław Woźniak).
Krakus II
Leszko I
legendary ruler of Poland
Leszko II
legendary ruler of Poland
Leszko III
legendary ruler of Poland
Popiel I
legendary ruler of Poland